Treatment at NCT

For many years, the Heidelberg Skin Tumor Center has been a recognized center in the area of dermatologic oncology. Its focus is the treatment of patients with malignant melanoma and tumors of the mucous membranes, as well as cancer patients with side effects occurring on the skin. In the past years, an interdisciplinary cooperation with the other medical fields has been established for the benefit of all patients under one roof at NCT, which is a unique cooperation effort on a national level. The spatial and institutional connections of NCT and its outpatient clinics to the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) ensure a quick transfer of newly developed diagnostic and therapeutic procedures into the clinical setting. These innovations are made accessible to the patients through clinical trials even before their possible approval.

The care for our patients is comprehensive: prevention, treatment of primary tumors, and, if necessary, care during the advanced stages of the disease, as well as aftercare. The Skin Tumor Center and its subordinated and cooperating institutions offer all modern procedures for cancer diagnostics and therapy, and supportive care.

Range of services

Guideline-based aftercare, treatment, and counseling for all kinds of skin cancer

Therapeutic procedures

Further surgical interventions (lymph node dissections or organ surgery) carried out by the specialist departments of Heidelberg University Hospital (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Thoraxklinik, Department of Surgery)

Chemotherapies

Immunotherapies

Targeted therapies (such as BRAF inhibitors)

Radiation therapies carried out by the Heidelberg University Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology

New therapies within clinical trials

Aftercare

The aftercare serves to identify cancer recurrence and secondary malignant tumors. Depending on the tumor type, its parameters, and the stage of the disease, our patients are examined regularly (clinically and partly also with imaging procedures such as CT/MRI, sonography, or X-rays). Furthermore, our patients are informed about risks for cancer development and adequate prevention measures.